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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Thakur of Maihar from 1790 to 1826}}<br />
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| name = Durjan Singh<br />
| title = [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]]<br />
| succession = [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Maihar State|Maihar]]<br />
| reign = {{circa|1790}} – {{circa|1826}}<br />
| predecessor = [[Rajdhar Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Bishan Singh of Maihar|Bishan Singh]]<br />
| death_date = {{circa|1826}}<br />
| issue = {{unbulleted list|[[Bishan Singh of Maihar|Bishan Singh]]|[[Prag Das]]}}<br />
| house = {{flagicon image|Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Maihar_State.png}} [[Maihar State|Maihar]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Durjan Singh''' was the [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Maihar State|Maihar]] from 1790 until his death in 1826.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He was the younger son of [[Beni Singh]] and succeeded his eldest brother, [[Rajdhar Singh]], to the gaddi of [[Maihar State|Maihar]] in 1790 when [[Ali Bahadur I|Ali Bahadur]] of Banda restored it to him after conquering it from his brother.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bondyopadhyay |first=Swapan Kumar |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annapurna_Devi_An_Unheard_Melody/R6lyBAAAQBAJ |title=Annapurna Devi: An Unheard Melody |date=2005-04-01 |publisher=Roli Books Private Limited |isbn=978-81-7436-855-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pradesh (India) |first=Madhya |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Madhya_Pradesh_District_Gazetteers_Tikam/LyELAQAAIAAJ |title=Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Tikamgarh |last2=Krishnan |first2=V. S. |date=1994 |publisher=Government Central Press |pages=381 |language=en}}</ref> When the [[British government of India|British government]] occupied [[Bundelkhand]], he executed a deed of allegiance with them in 1806, and they confirmed him in his possession.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Purushotam Vishram Mawjee |url=https://archive.org/details/DurbarAlbum1/ |title=(1911) Imperial durbar album of the Indian princes, chiefs and zamindars, Vol. I. |date=1911 |pages=135}}</ref> The sanad he received in 1806 was later revised in 1814.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Imperial_Gazetteer_of_India/xQC2AAAAIAAJ |title=Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series |date=1908 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Printing |pages=426 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Upon his death in 1826, his dominions were divided into two parts.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Department |first=India Foreign and Political |url=https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&id=icwkAQAAIAAJ |title=Central Indian Agency |date=1909 |publisher=Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India |pages=7–8,226–227 |language=en}}</ref> His eldest son, [[Bishan Singh of Maihar|Bishan Singh]], inherited the [[Maihar State|Maihar]], while his second son, [[Prag Das]], received [[Bijairaghogarh]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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